rich1.0DownWith ₿ig ₿rother (npub1qc…7j582)https://yabu.me/npub1qc68n4duj96ajqa4kpjy76h57fxhtl5sws7u00p37s6h3ze4lwnqt7j582njumphttps://yabu.me “Is it ironic that the asset created to resist fiat is now being used to save it?” This question keeps me up at night. I’ve been working quietly on a project that explores this very shift, how Bitcoin, born as freedom money, is now at risk of being wrapped in a new financial apparatus: strategic reserves, institutional custody, and most urgently, stablecoins like Tether that tether (literally) Bitcoin’s value to U.S. debt. Susie’s Forbes piece Is Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve a Threat to Freedom? is a sharp and timely look at what this co-option could mean. One idea I explore in my private thesis: “If Bitcoin becomes the foundation of a new system but the dollar remains the unit of account, then Bitcoin hasn’t replaced the system, it has been absorbed by it.” The question is: Do we get a Bitcoin standard, or a digitised version of the old regime with new branding? Open to hearing thoughts from others working through this. What can be done, practically and philosophically, to keep the ethos alive? #Bitcoin #Tether #GameTheory #Sovereignty #WrappedInTheDollar